From the Cold War to the Persian Gulf War, the high drama of America's contemporary foreign policy crises comes to life in this collection of primary documents designed for use by high school and college students. The comprehensive work dramatizes, through memoirs and diaries of the major players as well as key public documents, eight major crises: The Origins of the Cold War, the Berlin Blockade of 1948-49, the Korean War, the Berlin Crises of 1958 and 1961, the Cuban Missile Crisis, the Vietnam War, the Iranian Hostage Crisis of 1979-80, and the 1991 Persian Gulf War with Iraq. The...
From the Cold War to the Persian Gulf War, the high drama of America's contemporary foreign policy crises comes to life in this collection of prima...
A study of the effectiveness of summitry as a means of diplomacy. Using the example of the 1945 Yalta conference between Churchill, Stalin and Roosevelt, the author argues that heads of state make ineffective negotiators.
A study of the effectiveness of summitry as a means of diplomacy. Using the example of the 1945 Yalta conference between Churchill, Stalin and Rooseve...
Calls to Arms: Presidential Speeches, Messages, and Declarations of War, edited by Russell D. Buhite, is a collection of presidential messages and speeches that called America to war from John Adams and the Quasi-War with France to Bill Clinton and the intervention in Haiti. The documents included here demonstrate the growth of presidential power and show how Congress responded to each call to arms. The selections also reflect the adherence to constitutional requirements and in the case of undeclared war messages, the evolution of extra-constitutional behavior. In addition, the book provides...
Calls to Arms: Presidential Speeches, Messages, and Declarations of War, edited by Russell D. Buhite, is a collection of presidential messages and spe...
Long before there was Moneyball, a group of investors led by baseball legend Branch Rickey proposed a new economic model for baseball. Based on an innovative approach to evaluating and developing talent, the Continental League was the last serious attempt to form a third Major League. The league s brief history affords a glimpse of any number of missed chances for America s game. As one of the original Continental Leaguers, historian Russell D. Buhite is literally talking inside baseball when he describes what happened in 1959 and 1960. Part memoir, part history, his account of the...
Long before there was Moneyball, a group of investors led by baseball legend Branch Rickey proposed a new economic model for baseball. Based on...
